OK Rich Rod, You're Off The Hook With Me.

grudge

[gruhj]noun, adjective, verb, grudged, grudg·ing.

–noun

1. a feeling of ill will or resentment: to hold a grudge against aformer opponent.

That's it. Enough is enough...I don't have the energy to keep hauling this guy around in my noggin.

It has been 1062 days since coach Rich Rodriguez, the Guru of Glenville, scurried from the West Virginia University football program, the university community and the Mountain State itself for the maize and bluer pastures of Ann Arbor, MI.


Acrimony followed and litigation commenced. We heard wailing of voices and heard gnashing of teeth. And ever since that day I have had two favorite teams in NCAA football...the Mountaineers and whoever the Wolverines had on the schedule that week.


Rodriguez has had a tough go of it and at times it seems Coach Stewart's men are only marginally better off. The NCAA investigator types have sniffed around us both.


I cheered all nine of his 2008 losses and rejoiced seven more times last year. I smirked through the three losses in a row this season, stopping with UM's 3OT victory last week. 


Somewhere it all got very hollow. Inadequate. More than a little pathetic. And I don't want to do it anymore.


So, I release you Rich Rod. You are evicted. The square foot of real estate 'neath my 'coonskin cap doesn't have room for you as a tenant anymore. So long and farewell. 


If WVU plays Michigan, I'll root for the 'Eers, but not against you, Rich. You see, when I give you that focus, I am diminished. Oddly enough, when I cheer you, I grow stronger... having triumphed over petty animus. 


So, go get 'em coach. Beat OSU, Beat Iowa. Hell, beat Toledo. Win the Big Ten and make me a winner.


I regret that it took me 1062 days to figure that out.